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A LIFE OF DISCERNING PASSIONS: THE COLLECTION OF H. RODES SR. AND PATRICIA HART
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Femme assise dans un fauteuil, s'essuyant la nuque
Details
EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917)
Femme assise dans un fauteuil, s'essuyant la nuque
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; on the back); stamped with foundry mark and numbered 'AA HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE 44 HER.D' (on the left side)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 12 ½ in. (31.8 cm.)
Original wax model executed circa 1882-1895; this bronze version cast at a later date in an edition numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard marked HER.D and HER respectively
Femme assise dans un fauteuil, s'essuyant la nuque
stamped with signature 'Degas' (Lugt 658; on the back); stamped with foundry mark and numbered 'AA HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE 44 HER.D' (on the left side)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 12 ½ in. (31.8 cm.)
Original wax model executed circa 1882-1895; this bronze version cast at a later date in an edition numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder Hébrard marked HER.D and HER respectively
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
De Gas-Musson family, New Orleans (by descent from the above).
E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, by April 1950).
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York; sale, Galerie Motte, Geneva, 16 June 1972, lot 53.
Anon. sale, Galerie Motte, Geneva, 7 December 1973, lot 15.
William Kennedy, New York (1980).
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, October 1980.
De Gas-Musson family, New Orleans (by descent from the above).
E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York (acquired from the above, by April 1950).
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York; sale, Galerie Motte, Geneva, 16 June 1972, lot 53.
Anon. sale, Galerie Motte, Geneva, 7 December 1973, lot 15.
William Kennedy, New York (1980).
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, October 1980.
Literature
J. Rewald, Degas Sculpture: The Complete Works, New York, 1956, p. 157, no. LXX (another cast illustrated, fig. 23).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 179 and 201, no. LXX (original wax model illustrated, p. 179).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures: A Catalogue Raisonné" in Apollo, August 1995, vol. CXLII, no. 402, p. 32, no. 44 (another cast illustrated, fig. 42).
J. S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, pp. 206-207, no. 44 (original wax model illustrated and another cast illustrated in color, p. 207; another cast illustrated in color, p. 206).
S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D.S. Barbour and S.G. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, 2009, vol. II, pp. 451-453 and 535, no. 91 (original wax model illustrated and another cast illustrated in color, pp. 450-453).
S.G. Lindsay, D.S. Barbour and S.G. Sturman, Edgar Degas Sculpture, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2010, pp. 300 and 366, no. 52 (original wax model illustrated, p. 295; original wax model illustrated again in color, p. 297; another cast illustrated in color, p. 301).
J. Rewald, Degas's Complete Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1990, pp. 179 and 201, no. LXX (original wax model illustrated, p. 179).
S. Campbell, "Degas, The Sculptures: A Catalogue Raisonné" in Apollo, August 1995, vol. CXLII, no. 402, p. 32, no. 44 (another cast illustrated, fig. 42).
J. S. Czestochowski and A. Pingeot, Degas Sculptures: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Bronzes, Memphis, 2002, pp. 206-207, no. 44 (original wax model illustrated and another cast illustrated in color, p. 207; another cast illustrated in color, p. 206).
S. Campbell, R. Kendall, D.S. Barbour and S.G. Sturman, Degas in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, 2009, vol. II, pp. 451-453 and 535, no. 91 (original wax model illustrated and another cast illustrated in color, pp. 450-453).
S.G. Lindsay, D.S. Barbour and S.G. Sturman, Edgar Degas Sculpture, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2010, pp. 300 and 366, no. 52 (original wax model illustrated, p. 295; original wax model illustrated again in color, p. 297; another cast illustrated in color, p. 301).